Australian 100 dollar note
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| One hundred Dollars (Australia) | |
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| Value: | 100 Australian dollars |
| Width: | 158 mm |
| Height: | 65 mm |
| Security Features: | Window, Watermark |
| Paper Type: | Polymer |
| Years of Printing: | 1996–present |
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| Design: | Dame Nellie Melba |
| Designer: | Bruce Stewart |
| Design Date: | 1996 |
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| Design: | Sir John Monash |
| Designer: | Bruce Stewart |
| Design Date: | 1996 |
The Australian one hundred dollar banknote was issued due to inflation in the year 1984. There have only been 2 different issues of this denomination, a greyish blue paper and from 1996 a green polymer.
According to the reserve bank statistics the amount of banknotes in circulation was 149 million or 18.5% of money supply, while the cash value for this denomination was 14.924 billion or 41.9% of total value for all denominations. Only the $50 note has more cash value in circulation. [1]
Since the start of issuance there have been 6 signature combinations of which are common, and 2 combinations were not issued.
From 1984 the main title identifying the country was Australia, there were 221,842,984 paper issue notes issued in its life.
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[edit] Design
The paper issue has a portrait of Douglas Mawson who was an Antarctic explorer, so in the background is depicted a mountain range with a geological strata format. A large diamond is situated to the left of the main picture. John Tebbutt is on the reverse with pictures of the observatory that he built and a local church. [2]
The polymer issue was designed by Bruce Stewart, and features a portrait of Dame Nellie Melba, a soprano, and engineer and First World War general Sir John Monash.
[edit] Security features
The paper design included a watermark in the white field of Captain James Cook, the watermark was also used in the last issue of pound banknotes. A metallic strip to the left side on the obverse of the note. Polymer issue includes a watermark or clear imprint of the coat of arms which is printed over. A raised image in the clear panel of the number 100 along with the Lyrebird print on a clear window. Also for this issue florescent colouring was added to serial numbers and a number 100 elsewhere. A pointed star with 4 points on the obverse and 3 on the reverse which join under light. Raised print and micro printing of the denomination name are included.[3]
[edit] Nicknames
The $100 note has several nicknames, including 'hundy' (ie. hundred), 'treefrog', 'mintie', 'green goblin' and 'watermelon' (based on its green colour). [4]
[edit] References
- Renniks Australian Coin and Banknote Values 19th edition 2000. By Ian Pitt Page 171-172.
- ^ Reserve bank statistics 2004/2005
- ^ [1] Retrieved 11 Sept 2006
- ^ SECURITY FEATURES ON AUSTRALIA'S NOTES Retrieved 20 August 2006
- ^ [2]
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